Boletín de visas de diciembre de 2021: qué cambió

Division O, Title 1, Section 104 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 extended the immigrant investor pilot program until June 30, 2021. No I5 or R5 visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases after June 30, 2021.

The final action dates for the I5 and R5 categories have been listed as “Unavailable” for December.

If there is legislative action extending this category for December, the final action dates would immediately become “Current” for December for all countries except China-mainland born I5 and R5, which would be subject to a November 22, 2015 final action date.

Employment Fourth Preference Certain Religious Workers (SR):

Pursuant to H.R.5305 - Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, the non-minister special immigrant program expires on December 3, 2021. No SR visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases, after midnight December 2, 2021. Visas issued prior to this date will only be issued with a validity date of December 2, 2021 and all individuals seeking admission as a non-minister special immigrant must be admitted (repeat, admitted) into the U.S. no later than midnight December 2, 2021.

The final action date for this category has been listed as “Current” for December for all countries except El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, which are subject to specific final action dates for December. If there is no legislative action extending this category for FY-2022, the final action date would immediately become “Unavailable” for December for all countries effective December 3, 2021.

These categories have become “Current” for December; however if China-mainland born number use were to materialize at a level which could potentially jeopardize visa availability under the overall FY-2022 Employment-based Fifth preference annual limit it would then be necessary to once again impose a final action date.

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